Friday, September 09, 2005

TWO KURDISH MILITANTS PUT TO DEATH

Two Iranian ethnic Kurd militants have been executed by firing squad in the northeastern city of Urumieh. Ismail Mohammad and Mohammad Pangiovini, both members of the Kurdish secessionist group Kumala, were killed on 1 Sept. but their families were only informed by authorities on Tuesday. Ismail Mohammad's daughter who attempted to visit her father in prison on Tuesday afternoon was instead given the militant's personal belongings and his final will and testament by prison authorities who informed her of the executions. Ismail Mohammad, 41, a father of five, was arrested in 2003 and charged for subversive acts. He was subsequently sentenced to death by the state revolutionary tribunal in Urumieh. Rah/Aki